I don't trust or like people who do not tip when appropriate, or consistently tip poorly. These are the same people that often times will not hold a door for a woman or help other people out... have very little use for them, and I believe it says much about their character.
This has been confirmed as a fake today. The bill was $33 not $133 and he left a $7 tip not a $1 tip. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/photoshop/restaurant-receipt-photoshop-hoax-869032
It's not about not wanting to be nice. This is just one of my pet peeves. And for those asking if I tip, the answer is yes.. and generally very well. I'm usually a 18-20% tipper. That doesn't mean I like the entire way this institution is setup. I think it's stupid. But it's the way it works so I deal with it. But how I think it should be done is like how the rest of the world does it. The wait staff should be paid a good hourly wage/salary and the food should cost exactly what it costs plus tax. As it is right now, we're paying part of their salary for the restaurant.
the Waffle House is a restaurant in my eyes, so no, I'm not saying that. I would never stiff a waiter or a waitress.
Sounds good in theory, but there are a lot of jobs that have a low base and high commission. That's how I see waiting tables, with the tips being the commission. It's really just like any other sales job except that you're selling good service. If you do a good job, you (usually) get a higher commission. If you do just enough to not get fired, you don't get much of a commission. I usually tip 25% for good service (the math is easier...) and I get good service 99% of the time I eat out. But it's nice that if for some reason I get really crappy service, my tip isn't included in the price of the meal.
I was watching the tail end of a Rockets game, wasn't there long enough to want to order anything (I did ask for a glass of water), but I felt bad occupying a seat without ordering something. Ok, that and she had some nice assets. Again, in this economy, I would think tips where she didn't even have to work for it would be appreciated.
But it's not a 'commission' if it's expected. Look at how many people here are ready to take my head off. I waited tables for 2.5 years. I tip well. It's not like I haven't been there. I just think it's a stupid system. I got Nook questioning my trustworthiness and character over it. Ridiculous.
I know a couple of people who work at one of those movie/restaurant type deals in Copperfield off Hwy 6. If a Tyler Perry movie comes out or a movie of the like, they know they're basically working for free that night. Sad thing is I've asked for a received literally 20+ pictures of the receipts, all with a zero in the tip section.
Black people I work with get stiffed by black people just as much. So for the most part I don't think it's motivated by race. For whatever reason though black people tip way less then pretty much everyone else.
Because no one can live off of minimum wage, 40 hours a week? It was never properly indexed to inflation. Until my lawyer or dentist starts putting one out, people who have jobs with tip jars typically have ---- jobs. I used to work ---- jobs in high school & college; fortunately, I don't anymore. They can use the 20%/$5 for takeout/$1-2 per coffee more than I can. This is untrue in practice, a gross rationalization of non-tippers' poor behavior. Jobs are either designated as "will get tips/don't pay minimum wage" or "won't get tips/pay minimum wage." No restaurant I've ever worked at counts up the money at the end of the night, and figures out for each employee whether they've made more than the minimum wage, then makes up the difference. It's entirely impractical. Cough up the tip, already.
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15-20% when dining out. This should be Edie silly in the htown where restaurants are EVERYWHERE and cheap. Still doesn't mean you're servers NOT trying to make a living. So tip decently - a former waiter
do restaurants never put service charge on your bills? That's what happens in every restaurant in HK.
